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Uncategorized Published - 23 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Trigeminal neuralgia as the sole neurological manifestation of COVID-19

AUTHORS: Javier Molina-Gil, Lucía González-Fernández et al. Headache. 2021 03; 61(3): 560-562 OBJECTIVE To describe a case report of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) due to coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). BACKGROUND In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. Respiratory system manifestations are dominant in this new disease. However, numerous case series and reviews […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
On Second Thought: Correcting the Anesthesia Record

Author: Tony Mira F1rstNews Summary What happens when you make a mistake in your medical record documentation?  Do you just write over it or, in the EMR context, simply hit delete and reenter?  What about the timing of the revision?  All these and other topics related to revising the anesthesia record are discussed in today’s […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Dexmedetomidine vs. Propofol for Sedation During Mechanical Ventilation

Patricia Kritek, MD, reviewing Hughes CG et al. N Engl J Med 2021 Feb 2 NEJM Journal Watch Key clinical outcomes were similar with either drug. Current best practice in the intensive care unit (ICU) is to use the least medication necessary to keep patients alert, interactive, and comfortable while they receive mechanical ventilation. Compared with propofol and […]

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Uncategorized Published - 23 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Study suggests link between COVID-19 and subsequent neurological and psychiatric disorders

DG Alerts Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was “robustly” associated with an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric disorders in the 6 months after a diagnosis, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry. The study found that risks were greatest in, but not limited to, patients who had severe COVID-19. “To our knowledge, we provide […]

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Uncategorized Published - 22 April, 2021    By - Dr Clemens
Developmental innervation of cranial dura mater and migraine headache

AUTHORS: Andrew Witten, Dario Marotta et al. Headache. 2021 Mar 22 INTRODUCTION Migraine headache prevalence, etiology, and clinical presentations change from childhood to adulthood. Dural innervation plays a role in headache symptomatology, but the changes in innervation during development have not been fully explored in the literature. METHODS A narrative literature review on developmental innervation […]

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